Clinical relevance of low serum vitamin B12 concentrations in older people: The Banbury B12 study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 416-422

  Hin, Harold ^a   Clarke, Robert ^b   Sherliker, Paul ^b   Atoyebi, Wale ^c   Emmens, Kathleen ^b   Birks, Jacqueline ^d   Schneede, Joern ^e   Ueland, Per M ^f   Nexo, Ebba ^g   Scott, John ^h   Molloy, Anne ^h   Donaghy, Michael ^b   Frost, Chris ⁱ   Evans, John Grimley ^d  

^a Hightown Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^h TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

ⁱ LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Depression; Neuropathy; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TENDON REFLEX; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33745359474     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afl033     Document Type: Article

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